The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old man, Sadiq Ahmed, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl in Abuja Road, Yola Town, Yola South Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect, on Tuesday, admitted to committing the crime but blamed his act on drunkenness caused by a local alcoholic drink called burukutu.
The incident occurred on Monday, June 12.
He said he took nothing unlawful other than the burukutu (an alcoholic beverage, brewed from the grains of Guinea corn (Sorghum bicolor) and millet) and that he deeply regretted harming the little girl.
Confirming Ahmed’s arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, explained that the suspect was nabbed after the victim’s father lodged a complaint.
The father told the police that the suspect came to his house while he and other family members were away and gave his daughter N10, got her away and defiled her.
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Meanwhile, a 50-year-old woman, who was abducted on Friday night at Ijan town, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, has been released by her abductors.
The old woman was released on Monday after payment of ransom, the amount of which is yet to be confirmed.
The armed kidnappers reportedly invaded the town at about 7.30pm and kidnapped the old woman alongside one other nursing mother.
The kidnappers, however, abandoned the baby and took away the nursing mother and the old woman.
The yet to be released nursing mother was said to have travelled to Ijan town from Arandun town to visit a friend, only to be abducted on reaching Ijan town.
The kidnap incident was confirmed by the spokesman of the state police command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the state Police Commissioner, Paul Odama, immediately dispatched the anti-kidnapping unit of the command to the area to apprehend the kidnappers and rescue the victims.
Okasanmi vowed that no stone would be left unturned to get to the root of the incident and arrest the masterminds behind the incident.